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  1. NatJ

    Chicken Coop & Run, how many chickens?

    It is very frustrating when coops have a misleading label like that! It could work for that many chickens in some specific situations, but not in all situations. It probably does work for 10-12 bantams (extra-small chickens). In some climates, when the chickens can go outside all day long on...
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    Anyone know what breed this is?!🐣🐓

    In that case, probably too young to be obvious about what kind of feathering it will have.
  3. NatJ

    Anyone know what breed this is?!🐣🐓

    How long ago did you get the chick? I'm wondering if it is so young it did not yet grow feathers, or if it is older but has silkie feathers.
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    Urgent advice ASAP

    I do not know how to make it be quiet. But it does not look like the chicken is distressed or upset, so maybe just get yourself a pair of earplugs and wait to see what other people suggest?
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    Chicken Coop & Run, how many chickens?

    I gather you haven't seen the common recommendations for each chicken to have 4 square feet of space in the coop and 10 square feet of space in the run. If you follow that guideline, your coop at 4x6 feet would only be big enough for 6 chickens, and your run at 6x10 feet would be big enough for...
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    Urgent advice ASAP

    I see why you compared it to a harmonica! Unfortunately, I do not have any useful ideas for why the chicken may be making that sound :( Based on the video that has now been uploaded, I'm pretty sure it is "something else."
  7. NatJ

    What breed is this? Campine, Yokohama, cross?

    I wonder if it is a purebred Campine, but without the hen feathering? Campines have a form of hen feathering, so the males do not usually grow the tail & saddle feathers like what yours is showing. Hen feathering also affects the coloring. With hen feathering, the males and females have the...
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    Urgent advice ASAP

    Does it sound anything like this? (I only listened to the first 10 seconds, so I don't know if the video has anything else.)
  9. NatJ

    Ways to keep my chickens entertained?

    A bit of new bedding can have the same effect, even without scratch or treats. Or sometimes you can just use a shovel to turn over a bit of the bedding on the floor, and they will get busy scratching there, without you adding anything edible. This makes the most difference if the bedding has...
  10. NatJ

    Unexpected chick colors

    This is very interesting! I think the Silver must have come from one of the Malines, because there is no way for a Buckeye to carry Silver while looking their normal red/brown color. Regarding the striping on the chick down, and the black & silver on those chicks, I'm going to guess that one...
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    Things you wish you could say

    Would that be a one-time change and then leave it alone? Might be better than what we have now. Or would it be changing twice a year, by 30 minutes instead of 1 hour? That would be just as bad as it is now, or maybe even worse.
  12. NatJ

    Can a mother hen eat medicated food?

    I thought I saw photos of two sides of the same package: one with lots of small print (hard to read because of the way plastic reflects light) and one of the front of the bag. In the photo of the small-print side, when I zoom in on the last big fat paragraph, it seems to say: "This feed...
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    Can a mother hen eat medicated food?

    That sounds like a good plan. I hope everything goes well!
  14. NatJ

    Can a mother hen eat medicated food?

    It's a bit hard to read the label in the picture (reflected light is a nuisance when taking photos!) But I'm pretty sure it says the medication is monensin sodium at a rate of 125 mg per kg of feed. I'm not familiar with that particular medication, so I looked it up. I find lots of sources--...
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    Can a mother hen eat medicated food?

    What medication is in the food?
  16. NatJ

    Ameraucana Roosters and Egg Color

    Actually it was answering the question that was asked: "If the Ameraucana rooster mates with a leghorn, what color will the offspring’s eggs be?" As regards the question you are asking: A hen lays the same color eggs whether she mates with a rooster, or a different rooster, or no rooster at...
  17. NatJ

    Pendulum sexing experiment.

    Do you have a link to that study? I read one that claimed to prove that egg shape predicts sex, but didn't really prove anything: they started by knowing what sex chicks came from which eggs, then had a computer use that information to make a model, then found that the model was correct about...
  18. NatJ

    Taking in house chickens

    For those temperatures, and considering that the chickens are Silkies and one has a naked neck: Silkie feathers do blow around more easily than other feathers. I probably would make sure their sleeping area is draft-free (as in, no breezes strong enough to ruffle the Silkie feathers). This does...
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    Taking in house chickens

    What temperatures do you expect to have? If you do provide heat, make sure they have plenty of space to get away from the heat. Chickens often transition themselves much faster than people expect, when the chickens are already fully feathered and they are given a choice about seeking heat or...
  20. NatJ

    Baby Leghorn

    That comb would be making me nervous, too, but I think you will just have to wait and see. Leghorns tend to mature fast, so if you do have a male, he will probably be really obvious before too much longer. Maybe post photos in another week or two, and see how much it has changed at that time.
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